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Eight Men Arrested in Tennessee in $6.5-Million Counterfeit Check Scam
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08.14.02
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Eight men from California and Nevada have been arrested after federal agents learned they traveled to Tennessee to exchange for cash some $6.5 million in counterfeit checks, officials said Wednesday.

Four of the men - Vinh Ngol Pham, Duy Viet Doung, Tah Kir "Tosh" Khraishi and Travis Tuong Nguyen - were arrested Monday at a Ramada Inn in Nashville.

Officials say the men planned to exchange $5 million in checks drawn on Fidelity Federal Bank of Glendale, Calif., for cash or a wire transfer at 85 to 90 percent of the checks' face value.

Federal agents learned the checks were fake by faxing a copy of one to Fidelity's loss prevention officer, said U.S. District Attorney James K. Vines. Authorities were told the bank no long contracts with the company that issued the checks, and that the bank officer whose signature appeared on the checks was no longer an employee.